10 Most Disturbing Cults That Are Still Active
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These dangerous and disturbing cults may not be in the news anymore, but they are still very real. For this list, we’re looking at bizarre cults that are somehow currently active. Our countdown includes The Rajneesh Movement [aka Osho], Twelve Tribes, NXIVM, and more! Which of these do you find the strangest? Let us know in the comments.
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@djphlange
Жыл бұрын
@3:20 well i never thought i would see THOSE two symbols together LOL
@kalmanbic2721
Жыл бұрын
12 tribes I got a personal problem with. I meet them at a hippie gathering. The started fights with people for no reason. They were so many of them and they don't fight fare. They will gang up on you with no problem. Then play the victim
@Jeremiah_Rivers76
Жыл бұрын
The “Cult of Personality,” by Living Color, would be worth mentioning.
@mukuluprince5893
Жыл бұрын
Christianity is the weirdest
@djphlange
Жыл бұрын
@@mukuluprince5893 I would say Hinduism is weirder, or scientology
The fact that Scientology isn't on this list shows how powerful that cult is
@carnagegerman
Жыл бұрын
Straight up
@elmzizdope
Жыл бұрын
Thats not an occult you bafoon.
@glennstarkey7087
Жыл бұрын
This
@KEN-1991
Жыл бұрын
Scientologists bribe people to not reveal certain things about their cult, Freemasonry does the same thing.
@azrielofearth9406
Жыл бұрын
Don't want to offend anyone powerful now do we? That's how far it spread
“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. - Mark Twain
@hollymartins6913
Жыл бұрын
He had such an incredible insight into human psychology. 0% tolerance for BS. Thankfully, his wit is timeless because no one has yet taken his place.
@quaxo1
Жыл бұрын
Except he never actually said that. It's a common paraphrased misquote that has been passed around for a long time. There has never been any proof he uttered those words anywhere. What he did write was something similar in meaning in 1906 in Volume 2 of his autobiography, page 302. He wrote: "How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and hard it is to undo that work again!"
@AeroAmphibious
Жыл бұрын
INDEED!
@brianarbenz1329
Жыл бұрын
Whether Twain said it or just something similar, anyone who has tried to explain anything to a Trump follower knows that quote is absolutely correct.
@joshuamohlman
Жыл бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 exactly
*JEHOVAH WITNESS ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE A THE TOP OF THE LIST*
@toninoitaliano869
18 күн бұрын
Prove it.. and I'll stop my association.
@ieatgremlins
11 күн бұрын
@@toninoitaliano869 If a family member leaves they are shunned.
@toninoitaliano869
11 күн бұрын
@@ieatgremlinshow is that a top of the list matter.. anything else?
@ieatgremlins
10 күн бұрын
@@toninoitaliano869 Are you serious? that is cult 101.
@TinaBurner-mh3fi
5 күн бұрын
Couldn't agree more
i used to work with a guy who was born and raised in scientology and the stories he told me just didnt feel real. im glad he got the help he needed
Number 1 should be Scientology. They got to my sister when she was 20 years old and they pretty much destroyed my family. They completely act like a cult, turning her against my mum, even if she always gave her everything and protected her like crazy, my sister still found things to be mad at her all the time due to scientologist's "counceling", they took a lot of money from her, and made her drag my younger sister with her too. I hate them SO much and can't believe they can operate so in the open with people doing nothing about it.
@slinkbradshaw8674
Жыл бұрын
So sorry to hear this. Scientology is honestly one of the most dangerous cults in existence. They almost operate like a mafia of sorts.
@quaxo1
Жыл бұрын
Yes, unfortunately the United States government and many other governments around the world for some fucking reason recognize it as a religion, so apparently that makes it ok.
@Jenifer_R_
Жыл бұрын
Sorry about your sister. They make the lives of people who get out pretty hellish. Agree they should have been number 1.
@MrTomSpencer
Жыл бұрын
I think its because watchmojo is still afraid of $cientology.
@mycocorleone4771
Жыл бұрын
they dont want to burn the bridge with Tom Cruise
I wonder how much Scientology paid mojo to stay off this list
@bvigil1888
Жыл бұрын
Knowing Scientology, mojo wasnt paid off. they were probably threatened with litigation if placed on this list.
@BelmontClan
Жыл бұрын
@@bvigil1888 I will not disagree with that accurate statement
@bvigil1888
Жыл бұрын
I have never heard of them paying off anyone. They always threaten with a lawsuit and dig up dirt to blackmail. Thats how they fucked the government and got tax exemption.
@brianshaker1885
Жыл бұрын
Well I'd say because everyone already knows about Scientology.
@dashtoroya2838
Жыл бұрын
Scientology is in WatchMojo's older list
My parents encouraged me to check out the 12 Tribes while I was in college : "nice religious hippies!" I read up on them and decided to give it a pass. I'm so glad for the brave people who tell the truth about cults.
More people need to talk about the Yellow Deli restaurants being run by the Twelve Tribes! The people there are forced to work there as “volunteers” and get no wages or tips, the money goes straight to the cult. I had no idea and went into one and ended up paying. This list didn’t even mention the restaurants, and Yellow Delis are popping up everywhere, especially near impressionable college kids and tourist areas!
@TrailblazersOfficial78
2 ай бұрын
Bro there's a yellow deli 2 towns away from my town-
@MusikGirl23
13 күн бұрын
There’s one or at least was one in my city here in Canada…I was there once before I knew what it was about.
My father warned me about all cults when I was a young child, the worst ones he told me about are the ones who are very big but never mentioned to the world.
@ad1h4rj48
Жыл бұрын
Ah the one that have symbol everywhere and its in 100$ us dollar right ?
@pipilili6241
Жыл бұрын
@@Elxosonia probably illuminati 🤣🤣🤣
@jacksonrelaxin3425
Жыл бұрын
Mainstream Christianity is a cult. I would know because it destroyed my mind for most of my life. However, I don’t have the privilege of pointing toward an organization or church to explain to people why I’m so messed up in the head. The insane teachings are still going on today and some poor kids somewhere are being brainwashed about how God might throw them in an endless abyss of fire and torment. It’s just legalized child abused and mental illness. The real God would never do such a thing and oddly enough it’s literally written in the Bible that he considers that pure evil and an abomination.
@ManFinest
Жыл бұрын
Probably Religion
@sonnyroy497
Жыл бұрын
@@ad1h4rj48 international bankers aka rothschilds...control almost all money systems on the planet.
My mom brought me and my sister to a church in 2019. They gave my mom 500 dollars the first month she attended. We called eachother family, and I genuinely believed they were more of my family than my actual one. They were constantly forcing people to do works for them. When one of their members did something they didn't like they wouldn't talk to them at all and if they didn't apologize they were kicked out. Eventually in 2021 we were kicked out because the pastors daughter didn't like my mom. It was a small church that had about 100 members and had a school I was apart of (many kids were kicked out of it). I'm so glad that they kicked us out and I'm not longer apart of it. Now that I've had time to think about it I genuinely think it's a cult and it's scary because I know many more people will be hurt and damaged by this place.
@yumyumbumblebee
7 ай бұрын
You should report them to several groups- local & state police, FBI, CPS etc along with notifying hosts from different podcasts & channels devoted to cults on KZread. You could end up saving lives & innocent people who would unknowingly get lured in eventually if no one speaks up now. Great job getting out of there & welcome back to the real world.
@ellenfleming9685
5 ай бұрын
what was the name of this so called church so others can avoid it!!!!
@SpicyMang0s
4 ай бұрын
Hey well at least you got $500
@NGRKVQ34IOJ4Q3KIDFKJLIQ
2 ай бұрын
what kind of church was it?
@bettye444
2 ай бұрын
They all sound pretty freaky to me.🤪
Why haven't the Swiss government done something about the Solar Temple? I'm Swiss and it really pisses me off that they're still active
My husband grew up in the 12 Tribes and most of my in-laws are still involved. The way he was raised was disturbing. They have “communities” in so many countries now, in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Australia. My husband left at 18 but he still has nightmares and PTSD from his childhood and the things he’s seen.
@christinaFaith84
Жыл бұрын
I was interested in it because it looks so pure, like Biblical Christianity and living off the land. I stayed with them in Bellows Falls and Rutland Vermont since they allow outsiders to have dinner or even stay with them to see if its something they want to join. I knew a couple of people in Vermont who also stayed or joined and left.They have one other commune in Islamd Pond Vermont but I didn't go to that one. At first it seems great for someone who is a Christian and sick of this horrible world and you just want to live with other Christians and live off the land. Unfortunately, I learned of the higher ups and their nonsense. They obviously don't stick to the Bible 100% like they claim. There is something the higher ups are not telling anyone. I also didn't like the fact that they said they would rather stand together and be wrong then stnd alone and be right. Thats the "I'll jump of the bridge if everyone else does" mentality. I'd rather stand alone then be wrong with everyone else.
@ruthmiller1492
Жыл бұрын
The 12 tribes sound very much like Hitler's thinking to both the three hated groups are the Jews the gays and the blacks.
@krisskrosswigs9703
Жыл бұрын
So Christina’s racist
@ldgrittmanpeanutsfluffy6754
Жыл бұрын
@@krisskrosswigs9703 How is Christina Fuller racist? Do enlighten us.
@krisskrosswigs9703
Жыл бұрын
@@ldgrittmanpeanutsfluffy6754 oh idk maybe because you support a group who’s teachings is known here plain as day that blk ppl should be slaves to whites 💀
I have a 33 year old woman renting a room in my house right now who escaped the Children of God when she was 16. She has several journals (which she was forced to write), a few photo albums, and some videos on VHS tape of her time in the cult. She has also talked with me, extensively, about her time in the cult. Her parents joined the cult when she was a baby (shortly after they renamed the cult The Family), and the materials she has shown me, and the stories she has shared with me have horrified, and disgusted me. Despite their claims of changing their ways (after changing the name to The Family), and forbidding child/adult sexual conduct and vicious corporal punishment, the stories this woman, and the materials she has shown me completely contradict these claims of changing their ways. Although she has come a long way in recovering from her time with the cult, she still has deep mental scars from the abuse she received there. It baffles me that this cult is still allowed to exist to this day.
@whisperjames2106
Жыл бұрын
If your renter is looking for any of the survivors of this cult, there are Facebook groups that can be helpful to many, a place we feel welcome to talk about the awful stuff.
@angelacovington3399
Жыл бұрын
Thank goodness she was able to get out! I will never understand how people fall for these cults. I know if they are born into them they have no choice until they are older to try to escape.
@TheWolfsnack
Жыл бұрын
I was a member of COG back in the early 70's, before Flirty Fishing started...weirdly enough I was connected with a Jesus People group in Vancouver BC while in jail for a drug charge, and was paroled to them...only to find out that the group I was connected to had been taken over by the COG. They provided a room on the second floor of an old house, but most time was spent at an old commercial building they used as a de facto church, where bible studies were held and in the evenings members would get to have "Mo Letters" read to them....and be awed by the "wise words of the prophet" so to speak...meals were cooked there and we mostly ate barley cooked with discarded vegetables, while in the other room the ranking members ate steaks. The weird thing was the cultists saw this as incentive to be the best members so that one day they too might get to eat steaks. Upon being a member you had to give up all of your worldly possessions and live communally. The stuff that was given up was then sold of to generate cash for the organization. In my brief time there I saw people give up jobs and homes to join. The control was overwhelming...I had to have a senior member with me if I wanted to visit my grandmother, or go to the parole office, and no one was allowed to go out in public without two others with them...control was to the point that it was mandated that a person could only use four squares of toilet tissue, that more would be an affront to Jesus. Today I think that my having undiagnosed at the time PTSD was a savior. I gathered what little I had remaining into a pack, went out the bathroom window one night and slid down a cast iron pipe to escape. They are sinister.
@klina7645
Жыл бұрын
Yikes. There have been some celebrities that have escaped from that cult, including Rose McGowan and the Phoenix siblings. The late River Phoenix said about the group in 1991 "They're ruining people's lives"
@MISNM0
Жыл бұрын
Please educate yourself about cultic relationships and PLEASE share with her about Steve Hassan. He is a very recognized and competent person who works closely and through his outreach has been beneficial for those who have experienced cultic relationships.
Jehovah’s Witness should be on the list
if you wasnt born or a kid its hard to feel sorry for these people that join cults..
I live in the city where The Twelve Tribes originated. I remember when I moved here, one of the first things the locals told me was, “Don’t eat at the Yellow Deli. It’s run by a cult.”
@treefr0gs
Жыл бұрын
lmao you are in chattanooga lol
I tried to join a couple cults but they got sick of me asking too many questions. I miss the great food.
@robinharwood5044
Жыл бұрын
Start your own cult. Good money if you play it right.
@Jetsetfastfood
Жыл бұрын
@@robinharwood5044 Too many people bothering me all the time. I’m cool with doing my own thing.
@heavnnnsent
Жыл бұрын
😆😆😆
@quantumlove896
Жыл бұрын
😂🤣😂🤣 Food cult Yoo 🍄🥕🥞🧇🍕🥚🍣🍪🍭🍹
@secrets.295
Жыл бұрын
Lol. Funny
It's a crime against humanity not having Scientology as #1
@charliejoson9145
Жыл бұрын
They actually had Scientology as their no.1 but it's on an older Watchmojo video about "Top 10 Infamous Religious Controversies"
@yankee2666
Жыл бұрын
Why?
@yankee2666
Жыл бұрын
Scientology attempted to recruit me. I said 'no' and didn't feel the least bit threatened.
@beautifulmidnight
Жыл бұрын
Probably because they don’t want to get sued Look at the lengths South Park went to to avoid lawsuits from that cult.
@bellzebub9863
Жыл бұрын
Litigation is pending for everyone here , they see everything 😳
I appreciate how the narrator does a great job at saying people's names in their original pronunciation
Thanks for this video ❤
The ongoing activities of all these cults, is proof of how gullible humans generally are. 🤦♀️😢
@denisejohnson4037
Жыл бұрын
Gullible, a sense of belonging, born into it, just plain giving up on life,
@cashmoneychanel1209
Жыл бұрын
People will cling to any semblance of order to the chaos of their lives when they have no self awareness/compass. It’s very sad.
@MrDeano-eu9rg
Жыл бұрын
Almost every religion is the same when it comes to indoctrinating
@VENENOSEASON
Жыл бұрын
Freemasons should be here.
@benedictcumberbatch4275
Жыл бұрын
People get desperate and are lost. That’s a reason
The closest I’ve ever felt to a cult was when I found myself at a Pyramid scheme interview room
@hellhound1389
Жыл бұрын
Go to a southern Baptist church and you'll see a true cult hiding in plain sight
@malloryoates8580
Жыл бұрын
good old MLMs 😂😂😂
@chillbest14
Жыл бұрын
Amway
@chillbest14
Жыл бұрын
Amway conferences will get you really ready to join
@Nocturnal_Mee
Жыл бұрын
Vector Knives 😂
was involved in Kindalina yoga in los angeles teacher training, wearing all white, not cutting my hair, eating a certain way not getting a lot of sleep meditating for 2 1/2 hours a day to me. It was Kotlik, especially when I got hurt and was told just to meditate more not necessarily to seek medical help, which I actually really needed. for many kundalini yoga is fine I just got super involved and for me it was cold like it makes me sick to think of the wasted years
Im speechless... :/ I'm glad there's channels like this that can educate you about all of this.
EDIT: PLEASE NOTE - So many people are asking me 'where is this, where is that?' This is just a list of timestamps for what is covered in THIS video. It is NOT a list of cults. If it's not in the video, it's not in this list. TIMESTAMPS 0:40 - The Rajneesh Movement (aka Osho) 2:04 - Order of the Solar Temple 3:20 - Raelism 4:37 - Aleph 6:04 - Twelve Tribes 7:23 - Happy Science 8:52 - Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 10:20 - Superior Universal Alignment 11:13 - The Family International 12:49 - NXIVM
@jdmmg4904
Жыл бұрын
Scientology is missing
@kevinrandall7376
Жыл бұрын
I can tell You that the Jehovah's Witnesses are one of the most powerful and corrupt. Just check out KZread channels. Sacrifice members by forbidding Blood transfusion, shunning family members and even kicking out their own children at a young age. No support from friends or family, otherwise they will be excommunicated also. Satanic teachings and Cult leaders.
@angelaholmes8888
Жыл бұрын
@@jdmmg4904 yeah I'm surprised it's not on the list
@efxnews4776
Жыл бұрын
Feminism = Cult of Lilith
@CXP3D
Жыл бұрын
Uh u forgot gloriavill that cult is a nightmare!
I did a paper on the Twelve Tribes for a Cults and World Religions class at Calvary Chapel Bible College. There were some people at my church who liked going to the Yellow Deli Cafe who didn't seem to think that they were a cult despite me giving them a copy of my paper.
@pooh44100
Жыл бұрын
AS A JEW BUT PARTICULARLLY A MESSIANIC JEW I AM INSULTED BY THE TWELVE TRIBES CULT THEY HAVE BUISINESSES IN OUR VERMONT TOWN I HAVE TOLD PEOPLE I WILL NEVER SUPPORTG THEM IN ANY WAY
@MusikGirl23
13 күн бұрын
Yeah, I was at a Yellow Deli Cafe once with a friend back about 10 years ago maybe? I got such a weird vibe there and have never been back, and now I see for good reason
When I heard "you would swear not to reveal-" I'M SNITCHING 😂😂😂
Where's the Jehovah Witnesses?
My mother was raised in a cult when she lived in VA, when my parents divorced and me and my two brothers were young we moved to VA and without knowing it at the time we became members of the cult for about a year I was 8 years old at the time but I still remember everything about that year and how messed up it was. My mom thankfully was able to get out and took my brothers and I to safety but she still from all those years of her childhood and even early adulthood has given her PTSD and Schizophrenia because of it. It’s sad. I still have family members who are active and we stay far away from there because they are absolutely dangerous and crazy.
@greywolf7577
Жыл бұрын
What was the name of the cult? Where in Virginia was it?
@StoryTime1991
Жыл бұрын
@@greywolf7577 I’m not sure of the name honestly I think Bible World or something like that it’s in Chesapeake, VA.
@hhholly
Жыл бұрын
Amish ?
@StoryTime1991
Жыл бұрын
@@hhholly Nah we were never Amish but that’s a cult within itself.
@hhholly
Жыл бұрын
@@StoryTime1991 Yeah really. The Amish is in my town. I go there to buy foods and flowers. It’s .. different. I’m in KY.
My step-dad tried to get my mom and myself to join this "church" he'd discovered. Long story on how this came about but I'll keep it short as possible here. Dad was looking for some carpet to put in an old van he was fixing up and somehow he connected with this individual. We went to the man's house which was about a mile off the main road. At the beginning of the driveway was a hand painted sign saying "God's people pray here". We arrive to an old plantation type home (this is north alabama btw) and immediately were asked all sorts of religious questions about our faith and such. We were invited to attend their "church" which consisted of a large tent in their backyard. Only members were far as I could see was themselves consisting of the man (priest,prophet,whatever he called himself) his wife and two grown kids and their spouses and kids. All total about 9-12 people. Dad rest his soul was big time spiritual and was receptive to most faiths and was quite interested but mom told him she had a bad feeling about them and if he wanted to go that was his choice but her and myself wouldn't be. The matter was dropped and he didn't go either.
@mojo3318
Жыл бұрын
It's good that he didn't go either. I'm sorry for your loss, by the way.😔
@andrewmoore3232
Жыл бұрын
@@mojo3318 what loss did he say?
@mojo3318
Жыл бұрын
@@andrewmoore3232 His dad.
@andrewmoore3232
Жыл бұрын
@@mojo3318 when hw said dad rest his shoulder?
@johnpatterson4816
Жыл бұрын
Good for your Mom!!
One major aspect of all cults is fear.
I’ll never understand cults and why people create them. So scary
@sparkysmom7149
3 ай бұрын
They are false prophets
@clarisahernandez5280
2 ай бұрын
Power
@kapileshwarprasad7389
Ай бұрын
Islam and Christianity are cuIt
@BRBonGiediPrime
Ай бұрын
That's a good thing; you don't want to be in that mindset. Ever. Cult leaders are narcissists who believe they are Godlike.
@-serj-
9 күн бұрын
Simple: power and money
The podcast, "Was I in a Cult?" brings a lot of this to light by interviewing former members. Interviewees include people from religious, social, MLMs and familial cults. The show adds humor appropriately, and they provide ways to contact counseling resources.
@nofacenocase9341
11 ай бұрын
I just checked it out. Awesome. Ty 🫡
Back in the late 80's I was targeted by a Scientology follower who worked out of Camden Market(they know their targets), I was 16. He used appalling techniques designed to get you to confess your inner most private insecurities. I was 16, vulnerable, and of course, I believed his explanation as to how I would be much happier if I bought this book entitled 'Dienetics'. The book was so boring and such crap. I couldn't get past 10 pages. A waste of £5.00(a lot for me back in the day, I earned 50 pounds a week and 20 went on travel)straight in the bin and thank god, even at 16 I had common sense.
Im not prepared to watch something about cults that doesn't even name Scientology You're GUTLESS
We have a Twelve Tribes faction in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Went out for lunch to their Yellow Deli unaware they were a cult. Definitely a shock to my partner and I when we decided to Google it and began reading about the cult and their views. Felt weird paying them, like I was supporting child abuse...
@myninjacatsnowflake
11 ай бұрын
They also have the Yellow Deli in Oneonta NY, went to college there, remember the workers handing me a card asking me to come to their house for dinner.
@youtubeaccountserio2633
11 ай бұрын
They are creepy out of midsomar movie
@edwinyounes4934
9 ай бұрын
I don’t support guns but that’s the kind of place i’d bring one… with intent of using it
@iiic0nonline69
7 ай бұрын
OMG I live in wpg...thats kinda scary...
@IslandboyWes
11 күн бұрын
I had never heard of them before but after a quick Google search i can see they have yellow delis all over north america including my Canadian province. That's creepy.
The keep sweet documentary was disturbingly fascinating. Had to turn it off for a while on a couple of occasions. I can’t believe they are still active and still listening to their leader behind bars 🤯
@bunnehontherocks
Жыл бұрын
I had to turn it off too. Lots of cat videos after that too.
@Dopecheetah
Жыл бұрын
They barely touch the surface of what happened. They left out all the boy rape in that documentary.
@kerimarie3471
Жыл бұрын
They are brainwashed, most do not know of any other life they are born into it . We have a similar cult here in New Zealand called Gloriavale. look it up
@ianloeb1672
Жыл бұрын
I didn’t turn it off at all but then again I have a very strong stomach
@707RipOtee
Жыл бұрын
yeah I'd watch a episode then come back a week later then the next, another week then another until I finished. ugh!
As someone who lived through the Rajneeshee invasion (different part of the state) of Oregon; all of these cults are all strange.
Good to know people are documenting them to protect other people from them.
Living here in Seattle I grew up seeing and being near many cults. From the Moonies,to The Love Family and many others. The 70s and mid 80s seem to be when they were at their peak
@plugworld9023
10 ай бұрын
Is it a good idea to move there?
@weenerbuttholeee33
6 ай бұрын
@@plugworld9023fuck no! king county is a shit show snohomish county is so much better
My great grandmother died in the Jonestown cult about 6 months before I was born. We don't know if she committed suicide or was killed.
@leftisbest7173
Жыл бұрын
Wow..that is interesting
@ronfrank09
Жыл бұрын
@@leftisbest7173 yeah it honestly creeps me out. In some of her early letters she tried convincing my dad to come. I'm glad he didn't because I wasn't conceived yet. Her house still stands in Inglewood ca down the street from my aunt.
@samprimera5545
Жыл бұрын
I was pretty young at the time too but I think they told everyone to drink the coolaid and some were unsure.They had guns put to their heads if memory serves.
@ronfrank09
Жыл бұрын
@@samprimera5545 sort of. The most of the adults volunteered at the direction of Jones. They have some to their kids and others injected them. Some people were told they could leave but were followed into the woods and shot.
@samprimera5545
Жыл бұрын
@@ronfrank09 oh wow.See like I said I was eight to ten when it happened so I went by what I'd always heard. I also was born in El Paso but came to Illinois at 7 so I don't if The Nightstalker (Richard Ramirez) was after I moved or before I was born.
About 10 years ago, I entered a parked touring van promoting what I thought was The Farm, a Tennessee communal farm, which is not a cult or abusive in any way. It has a long record of peaceful, nurturing ways. Inside, I quickly found that this van was was not from The Farm, but the 12 Tribes. OMG, what a polar opposite. Always read the fine print before entering any doorway.
@hackman669
Жыл бұрын
Avoid strange people, vehicles🤫
@brianarbenz1329
12 күн бұрын
@@hackman669 The vehicle looked like a normal RV.
I have a great aunt in the children of god. My great grandfather faked a heart attack to try and get her out and hired a cult deprogrammer but it didn’t work. The cult knew what he was doing and they didn’t let her go. I’ve never met her.
scientology definetly bribed them to not keep that on number one 💀💀
If scientology is not in number 1 , then we know where this content is coming from.
@redbrixanimations
Жыл бұрын
What??
@redbrixanimations
Жыл бұрын
@@Xenox7781 u a Scientologist 💀
@Shawnmyrelle
Жыл бұрын
Great point
@inmate2731
Жыл бұрын
don’t forget about JW
@redbrixanimations
Жыл бұрын
@@inmate2731 not a cult
Are there any chill cults where everyone is actually genuinely nice and chill
You forgot swifties
@albirtarsha5370
5 ай бұрын
LMAO 😂
@user-vf6nn6hx9x
12 күн бұрын
maga
The 12 Tribes have a chain of restaurants called The Yellow Deli and there's one in my city. The vibes were always off but the restaurant itself was cozy and open 24 hours 5 days a week, so students frequented it for studying instead of the typical café. A lot of my friends at the time were invited to their weekly gathering/party and none of them went, but we've heard crazy stories, specifically about another location in BC, Canada. It's crazy they're still active.
@cynosurreal
Жыл бұрын
They're located in my city too and reopening. They're misogynistic and abuse people in their cult, super bigoted, have groomed children here- I used to go there and they tried to indoctrinate me. It's terrifying. I don't feel safe with them here.
@huachengssilvervambrace8815
Жыл бұрын
They have a Deli where I live too and I used to work as a camp counsellor almost directly beside it. It freaked me out
@nostaldec4705
Жыл бұрын
There’s also a Yellow Deli in Katoomba, a town in Australia’s Blue Mountains. It’s especially a shame because tourists come for the scenery and the stylish, often alternative vibe of the town, but if they stop for lunch at the Yellow Deli, the money goes straight in to the cult’s pocket.
@maribelmaldonado252
Жыл бұрын
What happened to the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints
@robertwilber1909
Жыл бұрын
@@maribelmaldonado252 if you want to include them you best throw in Catholics, Jews and Muslims too
I'm surprised MOJO didn't mention that one of Jeffs wives went on a hunger strike until he was released from prison where he was placed for his child rape charges, etc. All he had to do was tell her that he would be okay and that she could eat. He remained silent. By the time the courts made the decision that she was no longer able to take care of herself, by the time she became a ward of the state, it was just too late for her. Even though they carried her off the compound on a mattress and had legal permission to use all life saving efforts, her liver, kidneys and other numerous systems were shutting down. It was too late to bring her back and she died. Starved to death, on camera, with all the Jeffs cult surrounding her.
@Monkey114
Жыл бұрын
Wow didn't know about that.
@ToniHunterOne
Жыл бұрын
@@Monkey114 It was pretty horrific and they filmed it all and posted it. I'm guessing it was taken down a long time ago though.
@larking1555
Жыл бұрын
Those women have exactly NOTHING to live for. I’m surprised more didn’t make that sacrifice. It’s incredible how some can escape and turn their lives around after such brainwashing. That religion is brutal on the females. The girls are taught from little on up that they’re nothing but livestock.
@ToniHunterOne
Жыл бұрын
@@Monkey114 search Warren Jeffs. Here's one of his "calls" to the teens and young women of his cult. He's grooming them over the air.
@333cherry
Жыл бұрын
where did you hear this?
Regarding the Twelve Tribes there’s no allegedly about it! I used to come home from work at four o’clock in the morning where the kids were out working in the fields. As soon as a child can walk, they are put to work. The members eat the rotted foods that didn’t sell in their Yellow Deli restaurants. If you’re in the Twelve Tribes there are people out there willing to help you.
Most people aren't smart enough to think for themselves. And they love being told what to do.
“The umbrella company” “we didn’t even know we were experimented on” Yeah that sounds about right
You missed scientology
@Aushra1969
Жыл бұрын
I was just about to say the same thing! 😁
@rockydon3400
Жыл бұрын
All religious groups are cults
@NeverPutDown
Жыл бұрын
Its not a cult its considered a religion
@dmytrom297
Жыл бұрын
Boy, they missed a lot. They went for small and wierd, I guess.
@simplylethul
Жыл бұрын
Christianity as well.
Some of these individuals are very scary. 😨 But I found this video 📹 very interesting and educational so thank you Mojo for educating your audience.
Becoming an atheist is the best decision I have ever made. Most cults can't get to you when you don't believe in having delusional beliefs, you don't really care for having a 'community' or a 'family' and your brain starts questioning everything about people's different lifestyles the second you meet them. I have been approached by 4 different cult members of different types of cults and I was able to clock them within the first day of meeting. Two were MLM cult members wanting to recruit me into their pyramid schemes, after that met one who was a spiritual healing type cult member who wanted me to join her yoga/spiritual healing sessions with colourful christals with power that she wanted me to buy... idk whats that was about and then met one who was a missionary type who really wanted me to come to there church for some "spiritual cleansing" he was also literally demanding donetions as well, not even asking politely but demanding...I cut these people out so fast.
@TemerityPascal
2 ай бұрын
Agreed; these aren’t all that different from other organized religions
@RandomSwiftie13
14 күн бұрын
@GODSWARRIOR25123 nah.
I recognize a few of these cults. My advice to people is stay away from everything that`s structured and organized. The human mind is easy to control.
@brianarbenz1329
Жыл бұрын
The thing to avoid is anything that is one-doctrine or dogma in its structure. A good belief system is one which abides by a set of general principles but with freedom to discuss variations of them. And it should not seek to control all aspects of members' lives.
@simplylethul
Жыл бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 all religions are trash
@angiviljoen8870
Жыл бұрын
More so, broken people looking for a crutch, are easily controlled, and are horrendously taken advantage of..
@fannypliers3716
Жыл бұрын
that would, funnily enough, include religion altogether.
@thathorrorshow4126
Жыл бұрын
@@fannypliers3716 that's why I say everything. Even a pencil can control the human mind.
Happy Science doesn’t sound like a cult. It sounds like an educational TV show for toddlers and preschoolers.
@user-iy5ij4ty5f
2 ай бұрын
hahaha
Cultiness is a spectrum across cults, religions, political parties, businesses, and almost every group in society.
I recommend the book, "Why Cults are more Addictive than Doughnuts".
Any Doomsday Cult religious based or otherwise is extremely dangerous literally. Oh not forgetting Church Of Scientology; which should actually be labeled as a cult,and have it's 503c tax exemption status permanently revoked
Y’all forgot about Scientology. It’s probably the most numerous and most powerful cult in the world today and possibly among the most powerful of all time.
@Yourlocalbacterium
Жыл бұрын
They also forgot Jehovah’s Witness
@kellyalves756
Жыл бұрын
Christian Identity. Its doctrine is so pernicious that it’s crept into many other more “ mainstream “ Christian communities. And various levels of government.
@saxglend9439
Жыл бұрын
The Catholic Church, Judaism, Hinudism, Buddhism & Islam are far more powerful than Scientology.
@john_from_eastcoast.
Жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439 those are NOT cults, those are "world religions" wow! You sure are ignorant and have no clue on the definition on what a cult is! Become educated before you write a moronic comment.
@joayy6406
Жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439 and SDA
Back in 2021 i stayed a few days in a small (unnamed) town. The owner of the hotel was also the owner of the restaurant and grocery store in town. I joked with my hubbs that all of the religious pamphlets in the hotel lobby were flyers for their hidden cult and that the owner looked like he was related to a creepy cult leader... ... ... ... ... Found out last year that this town is only a few miles from the FLDS compound. While it is highly improbable, I will always have my suspicions about that guy who practically owned that entire (unnamed) town.
I've met people from twelve tribes. I grew up in a Christian community similar to 12 tribes. There was a season where it was a little bit cultish by definition because some people revered and feared the founder too much. I do not believe that he was power hungry and evil like some of these but this cult vein was remedied when he chose to leave and/or was possibly encouraged to leave so that the community would be healthier and on equal footing with all. The difference with my community was that we really followed the Bible especially the ten commandments and Corinthians 13 and believed that true religion brings life not death. We weren't perfect, but we did our very best and much of what we did as a lifestyle was very good. Families were family units and each had authority over and protection of their own children and money. Money was only asked of people when we realized we needed to keep the lights on in the church building otherwise we all cared for each other's needs by choice and shared what was needed. CPS was called just because we were a community and people suspected a cult. No children were taken, all the kids were happy and thriving (though there was a some abuse, any abuse that came to light was dealt with properly, or to the best of ability. You can't have a group of people without some that do evil)
It’s amazing how one person’s believe can lead a generation to destruction 😢
@eutropius2699
Жыл бұрын
Liberal ideology lol
@katekatey279
Жыл бұрын
👍
Last year I was hanging out with a friend and we went to target. This lady in her 40s approached us and try to recruit us. She was saying stuff like how everybody outside of this group was doomed.
@HarmonixsLoL
Жыл бұрын
I would have been like, "Good, I like a challenge".
@chrismartinez3637
Жыл бұрын
Exclusivity is one of the signs of a cult.
@flip9118
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like the Jahovah's Witnesses
@HarmonixsLoL
Жыл бұрын
@@chrismartinez3637 Shit, better cancel my American Express Centurion card.
@ashleybrown4754
Жыл бұрын
Avon for sure
Back in the eighties I was living in a logging camp in the Sierra Nevada Mountains (still do). We got back to camp from work one afternoon and found a bunch of camping gear and several boxes of red clothing tucked in the bushes next to our meadow camp. Then some "hippies" all dressed in red showed up in a couple of cars and acted as if we weren't even there. Mind you, this was a decent sized trailer camp in a not very big meadow out in the middle of nowhere. It was a regular seasonal camp. We had camped there many times and never had any visitors before. Well, after a while a few of us loggers walked over to ask what our "guests" were doing and we learned everything we never wanted to know about the Rajneesh (ites). This was on a Tuesday and they informed us that by the weekend there would be over a hundred of these red people here in our little kingdom. Oh, I should mention- this meadow was owned by the big timber company that we were contract logging for and we had permission to camp there. Well on our walk back over to our trailers we had a REALLY good idea. Tuesday night, that would be tonight, would be a great time to have a trap shoot, target practice and even light up Riley's fully automatic peacemaker! After dinner we had a good hour of nothing but ballistic terror. They were still there when we got back from work on Wednesday. And even more of them were there. Well now.... we needed to come up with an even better idea than last night. There was a small road building crew from our logging company camped with us and guess how they remove 5' diameter stumps from the roadway? Yep, you guessed it! DYN-O-MITE! to quote J. J. from the TV show Good Times. Sooooo, we had a repeat of the ballistic terror from the night before and while that was distracting the red people the road building guys wandered off in the woods around the meadow and ended our explosive evening with some REAL explosives. When we got home from work on Thursday, no red people. They even apologised to one of the wives that lived in camp. We don't know where they went but we heard they were escorted off the timber companies land. Thought somebody might like to hear that story. I liked telling it. Hee-hee!
‘Who’s more Foolish, The Fool, or the Fool who follows the Fool!!!!’ -Obi Wan Kenobi
Was Heavens Gate mentioned and I somehow missed it?? Despite the mass suicide there are still active members of that cult and there’s even a web page that’s still up and running (by a couple) and also Scientology needs to be on there.
@anitrabrown2680
Жыл бұрын
No, they mentioned in the beginning there will be a separate list for cults like that.
@elcheekoful
11 ай бұрын
Yeah there's only like 5 people in that cult. Lol
@gutrum_vagner
Ай бұрын
This list was for active cults. Heavens Gate is only like two married couples who stayed behind and run the website. They don't recruit anymore.
Qanon is the one that's really creeping me out
@beautifulmidnight
Жыл бұрын
Fuck, man. I’ve lost friends and family to that shit. One seemed to happen out of nowhere, too. One day she’s posting the usual stuff, and then the next day it’s “SETH GREEN TRIED TO PAY SOMEONE 250k TO JOIN THE ILLUMINATI AND HAD HIM KILLED WHEN HE REFUSED!!111” and “TOM HANKS, EMINEM, NAOMI CAMPBELL AND LADY GAGA IN SECRET TRAFFICKING RING!!” It was insane.
@ferox965
Жыл бұрын
That's the one that needs to be dealt with and now.
@teresamcmillan4837
Жыл бұрын
Now we have entire families offing themselves in the back yard over Qanon and Trump they are so loyal to this and him they would rather not live. I don't like anyone that much I'm sorry
@masonpyle5929
Жыл бұрын
As a conservative Qanon isn’t real.
@S.D.323
4 ай бұрын
not TECHNICALLY a cult Im preety sure
Nobody tells me what to do with my life or body and the more someone tries to manipulate me the less I do something. I guess that's my best trait, a cult could never get me.
"What's the difference between a cult and a religion? In a cult, there's someone at the top who knows it's all bs. In a religion, that person has died long time ago."
@numa0_01
Жыл бұрын
Well well cults are really manipulative and obv have a cause or a weird thing they tryna achieve and many of the religions are based on sacred texts while a cult is just made by a psycho man also religious have more following than cults so if you cannot tell difference between cult and religion you're also one of the idiots who joins some psycho cult
@blueischiii1575
Жыл бұрын
@@numa0_01Why so defensive?
@annawickberg535
Ай бұрын
😂
I don’t normally judge people’s beliefs. I don’t care what someone believes in until it’s repeatedly shoved in my face or hurts people. These cults definitely hurt people and I can’t stand by them at all.
@saxglend9439
Жыл бұрын
How many have been murdered by Islam & the Catholic Church?
@john_from_eastcoast.
Жыл бұрын
@@saxglend9439 how's the troll business coming along? are you bored?
@saxglend9439
Жыл бұрын
@@john_from_eastcoast. Truthing isn't trolling.
@memo5920
9 ай бұрын
@@saxglend9439murdering someone unjustly is literally one of the greatest sins in islam, groups like isis and al qaeda don’t actually teach any islamic beliefs and are identified as not muslim by every verified scholar there is. I haven’t heard of the Catholic Church murdering anyone but if you’re talking about certain individuals then you can’t really blame every person who is catholic can you? It’s like me saying all people who belong to a certain ethnic group are bad because one of them committed a crime, just plain racism.
@saxglend9439
9 ай бұрын
@@memo5920 Muslims decapitated millions before ISIS.
You forgot Quanon, 7 mountains dominion, Evangelical, and Jahovah Witness they all match the B.I.T.E. model of cultism.
In the mid 50's, I lived in Laurelwood, OR, for three years. This is essentially a Seventh Day Adventist Cult community with their own grade school, high school, and their Laurelwood Academy.....ALL tuition schools. With my dirt poor crop picking parents barely able to feed we five children, we never attended these schools, but walked a full two miles (in all kinds of weather) past ALL of those schools onto a small one room school where one teacher valiently tried to teach a wide variety of subjects to about 25 students in seven grades. While high on my list of great memories, my Enguish suffered for it and which plauged me until I got into college.
Reminds me of Frisbeterians. They believe that when you die, you soul goes up on the roof and won't come down.
Allison Mack got introduced to NXIVM because of Kristen Kreuk, but that wasn't mentioned in this video. There's also a "NEXUS" church that has popped up in recent years.
@Denis-89
Жыл бұрын
Kristin Kreuk left it though in 2013. Mack just continued to get more involved..
@brahmburgers
Жыл бұрын
This topic could be huge, with a series of exposes, going on and on and on. And let's not give a bye to right wing Chiristians - particularly in the USA. Also: in rural eastern Russia, there's a cult wrapped around a guy who looks as much like Jesus as possible, even with his long shiny locks, and dressing in all white, and walking slowly when people are watching, and talking like you'd expect Jesus to talk. People around the world are soooo easily manipulated.
I said this before to my friends but I’ll say it to everyone; be careful when joining a cult because you never know what you’re gonna get yourself into. Heck, you might even pay the price for it.
@lj2265
Жыл бұрын
Trouble is nobody really sets out to join a cult. They set out to join something else not even thinking its a cult and then by the time it would be obvious to any outside observer they're already hypnotized
@KrakenIsland64
Жыл бұрын
Nobody willingly joins a group they know to be a cult. That's kinda their business model.
@Jenifer_R_
Жыл бұрын
Yes. Nobody is ever sitting there, thinking to themselves "Hmmm... I might join a cult."
@johnjohnson3709
Жыл бұрын
I’m ok. I’m an adult only child. It’s all about me.
@belalabusultan5911
Жыл бұрын
I agree with you, we should join forces in my supre friendly group called (Evil Cult of Death), despite the name, it is very wholesome, with puppies and kittens and such. on a completely unrelated note, you do have a lot of money and a large group of friends that you can recruit, right? -------------------- 🤣😂
Ur knowledgeable think so but cannot understand the osho ......so great to see your video
Institute of Basic Life Principles should be on the list. Families like the Duggars and the Bates are part of it. Their leader was accused of multiple counts of sexual assault on women. And the amount of meningitis the clot that have gone to prison for sex crimes are disturbing.
I’ve met the leader of the 12 tribes. I got asked to go to one of their prayer groups when I was in college. I almost went but something felt off. They still have a restaurant where I live called the Yellow Deli. It’s where a lot of college kids hang out.
@belalabusultan5911
Жыл бұрын
there is always tommorrow, if you ever wanted to ruin your life in the future, instead of drugs or alcohol, you still have the option of joining that cult lol ----------- ps: dark humor, don't do it, and if you actually feel down, see a psychiatrist, these people can do wonders, they helped me when I was depressed beyond depression itself, so they will have ways to help you too.
@maevependragon
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I just learned about the Yellow Deli. There's one in my area in Hiddenite NC and the fact it's in a tiny little town makes me wonder.
@victorfoo2966
Жыл бұрын
There’s a Yellow Deli in Vista, CA that sounds like what you are describing
@angelajo8039
Жыл бұрын
You here in Chattanooga?
@andyginterblues2961
Жыл бұрын
They just opened a Yellow Deli in Ithaca, NY. The location used to be called the "Mate' Factor" (run by the 12 tribes) and it closed down for probably almost a year, just re- opened as a Yellow Deli. I refuse to go there, those people creep me out.
you forgot to list Scientology which is a widely thought to be a cult which is wrongly called a "religions" even though it displays a lot of things common to cults
@simplylethul
Жыл бұрын
So does Christianity..
@beautifulmidnight
Жыл бұрын
I imagine they don’t want to be sued.
@suzyfarnham3165
Жыл бұрын
It is insane that people believe that cr*p? A man, a science fiction writer, decides to make p a religion and nobody sees it's based on one of his science fiction books??
@simplylethul
Жыл бұрын
@@suzyfarnham3165 is insane that people follow ANY of the dogshit, fairytale religions at all.
@imissthe90s
Жыл бұрын
It's 100% of cult. If you're not allowed to talk to relatives just cuz they switched which religion they are then it's a cult.
You forgot to feature Sam Fife's Move of God, still active with wilderness compounds in Alaska, Georgia and other locations.
I find cults so freaking fascinating. I just cant seem to learn enough about them. Anyone have some lesser known cults they can drop so I can research?
@davidmitchell6873
3 ай бұрын
Alcoholics anonymous is a true cult.
@E.A.D.GGroove-tw4xv
Ай бұрын
QAnon, the self proclaimed Queen of Canada and her followers.
Disturbing fact: Smallville Actress Allison Mack was in NXIVM and quickly became a 2nd in command to the founder until she took control of one branch and tried recruiting Emma Watson at one point. She got 3 years in prison
@annafowdy
Жыл бұрын
I guess Emma Watson was too smart for that.
@greywolf7577
Жыл бұрын
@@annafowdy Emma spent years playing a smart girl in the movies. I'd hope that she learned enough not to be pulled into a cult.
@Claudia-lq3ns
Жыл бұрын
NXIVM was really close to home for me (Upstate NY), and when the cult's practices started coming to light, it was a really big deal. I don't know of anyone who was involved in the cult, despite this being pretty much in my backyard, but I wonder if I do know people involved and they are just keeping it under wraps. The lead dude is a sick ticket. I'm glad he got the book thrown at him, and I hope we keep tabs on the remaining components of the cult to ensure no one else gets hurt or exploited.
@debbieschultz9768
11 ай бұрын
It’s so hard to believe that Allison Mack was in prison. She was a great actress as a child
This list is incomplete because it does not include Scientology or Jahovah's Witnesses.
@heath1948
Жыл бұрын
Or Mormonism
@NeverPutDown
Жыл бұрын
@@heath1948 or Christianity
@dmytrom297
Жыл бұрын
Or fallun dafa
@spiderzvow1
Жыл бұрын
Or Tump worshipers
@jermainegayle1647
Жыл бұрын
The beliefs of Jehovah's witnesses are widely known, it's on their website it's in their magazines. The members are free to leave if they want to, they don't murder anyone they preach they uphold bible principles it is very interesting that people call them a cult. Those I know who use to be their members prefer to fornicate live homosexual lifestyles and other things that are against bible teachings then they curse the thing they once supported. But I very well know not even logic can sway prejudice.
The Happy Science guy's pause before saying the word wisdom is so funny because it sounds like he was going to say a load of excrement.
The 12 Tribes (Yellow Deli) is one of the creepiest cults I’ve ever heard of
the fact that i grew up 30 minutes away from nxvim and didnt know about its existence till last year when the leader was sentenced
"There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." - "Heavenly Bank Account" Frank Zappa.
Thanks
Jim Jones 1978 I remember that back then I was 11 year's old!
Good information -- thank you! Over 40 years ago, I sent for a "free" book on scientology, just to see what they were about. The book looked like a compilation of various other beliefs, not even advanced information, but gave credit to the Scientology founder as the one who discovered the info. I wasn't interested. I have moved many times, and even changed my name. And I still get junk mail from them -- how and why do they track people like this?
You know it's a cult when certain "secrets" are known to only certain "higher" members.
@brandonscott5544
Жыл бұрын
Cuit terrifying 🔥 religion religions okay
@quaxo1
Жыл бұрын
You know the Catholic Church has a lot of "secrets" known to only certain "higher" members, right?
@jkcarroll
Жыл бұрын
Which, as I suspected, makes the Masons a cult -- secret handshakes; truths known only to those who have "advanced" enough to have them. Masonry is, in fact, a gnostic religion and fits perfectly in the definition of a cult.
@timlewis7218
Жыл бұрын
Hmmm... comment count is off.
@nHans
Жыл бұрын
So ... every government as well?
Holy cow, holy cow, holy cow, I used to live in that very same apartment that the lady from the family did in Sioux Falls…
The "Celestial marriage" thing is a fundamental belief of Mormonism. They won't tell you that when they knock on your door, though.
@josephgunderson6532
2 ай бұрын
What do you mean? that members of the Church of Jesus Christ have to marry three wifes? if so do a little research
“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
Interesting list Watch Mojo. Never heard about any of these
What’s crazier is I just got an ad of a cult from this. 💀🙏
People are gullible and weak, cults will continue to thrive because these opportunistic predators that call themselves leaders will always take advantage of these vulnerable souls that become their followers!